21.   Because there are no unions here staff have not been involved in the strike ballot which has been held at the other four British plants.

22.   I think the unions are out of order.

23.   The unions are concerned because they fear that even if the in-house bids for the Civil Service work are successful, jobs could still be lost.

24.   But he said the union was concerned at the delay in setting up a Staff Commission.

25.   However, unions were worried health care could suffer as a result of further merging.

26.   Other unions are also being asked to black all teaching posts at RGU.

27.   If the former, then they have to accept that different unions are possible, devolved, home rule, federal.

28.   Local unions were less enthusiastic about how workers would be affected.

29.   Once the unions were in retreat, management increasingly used those elements of the pay packet based on age and ability to undermine them further.